When the Guardians of the Galaxy movie came out, and the sets were revealed, I was really hoping they'd include a mini version of the main vehicle (the Milano, in this case), as they had with so many other movies, and I was disappointed that they didn't. When I saw the mini Milano for Guardians vol. 2, one of the first things that came into my mind was wondering if I could alter it to make it look like the large version that we got for Guardians 1. I've gotten a few ideas on how to alter the new mini set to make it look like the big one from the first movie, and I'm interested in hearing yours. So far, I color-swapped the orange pieces to "keetorange," made the canopy piece trans. light blue, and made all the fins on the edges of the wings grey instead of having four of them blue. Does anyone have any other ideas? I'm not only interested in ideas to change the front, either, the more I can make this one look like the original big one, the better.

A big thanks to Jason who took notice and contacted me for this to potentially become a product at their store. When redesigning it I had to make it stable and strong enough as well as making it aerodynamic, the original design was too blocky. I'm quite confident that is is the best outcome for a mini Milano spaceship design. I hope you enjoy it too.
I really hope you enjoyed this MOC and plan to purchase one; feedback and criticism is much appreciated.
Available to purchase at: TheBrickShowShop.com
Adeel

Around mid-March of this year I decided to fool around with the new pdf versions of the LEGO Magazine, specifically the July 2014 issue, found here. I discovered some links in the page's source code that lead to the zoomed-in images of the first three pages, and I realized that those links were the same except for the page numbers. This surprised me, since this isn't usually how LEGO makes links, and I thought that maybe I could replace those numbers with later page numbers, with a view to recreating the Guardians of the Galaxy centerfold found in that issue. This worked, giving me two images to combine into one, which I did, giving me this image:
Guardians of the Galaxy Teaser (centerfold from Jul-Aug 2014 LEGO Magazine) by Silent Nomad, on Flickr
Then I thought about a website I'd used in the past to basically dissect PDF files, so I took the PDF version of the magazine and separated pages 24 and 25 from the rest with a program that does something similar to one of the things this website does, and ran it through the first website, which showed me two images that I was able to piece back together into this image:
Guardians of the Galaxy Teaser (centerfold from Jul-Aug 2014 LEGO Magazine, without extra text) by Silent Nomad, on Flickr
I then took that image and did a little editing, which basically consisted of adjusting the ppi (pixels per inch), and cropping just a bit off the top and bottom, which then gave me a 24x36 inch image, which I then made into a PDF file to preserve the size, as well as make it a bit harder to edit, and I finally decided to share that PDF with all of you as well, so here you go.
I wanted to share the process I went through to get that poster so I could share my discoveries, as well as the resources I used to make them, so any one of you can do something similar if you find something worth using those methods on.
-Nomad

Chibi Dark Aster by Ultron32, on Flickr
Based on Ronan the Accuser's ship from Guardians of the Galaxy, here is one of my entries for The Brother's Brick's Chibi Vehicle Contest: https://www.flickr.c...57649016008757/
Comments appreciated! :)

Here's a render by HJ Media Studios of our newest and upcoming figure, The Curator, coming soon in January 2015.
He's going to be pad printed, feature a double sided face, and leg printing.
Pictures of the fig will be coming soon...
What do you guys think?
The Curator
The Curator - Coming in 1 Week by Phoenix Custom Bricks, on Flickr
Render
The Curator - Coming Soon... by Phoenix Custom Bricks, on Flickr

Info:
Pieces: 31
Minifigs: 3
Price: 29.99 USD
Decided to buy my first lLego set in 3 years at the airport in Warczawa. As I hadn't seen this theme before and has always been a huge fane of Lego Space, I was excited to finally build again.
Obligatory box shot.
This is what came out of the box. There are two main pieces: The titular Warp Stinger, and a small spacecraft used by the brave squaddies.
Minifigs
Here's a view of the minifigures:
I must say, I love the design of the insectoids in this series. Absoultely love it! Their heads are beautifully molded, with detatchable antennae. I also love the wings, as they have the same insectoid feeling to them, Their bodies also kinda remind me of the Collectors in Mass Effect 2(as does te whole "aabdct humans in stasis pods to an unknown location" plot)
I also love the new head mold for the squaddie in the middle. it really has a lot of potential for custom minifigs.
The human's face has two interchangeable faces, one normal, badass-looking, and one with a badass-looking facemask.
A nice touch that also has a lot of potential.
Back view:
The jetpack is the only downside here, as it stands out as crude and lazy compared til the sleek look of the rest of the minifigs
Speeder
Now for the speeder.
The problem of many Space sets is that the smaller spacecraft, particularly those featured with bigger ones, often feel and look lackluster. They often feel like they are just thrown in so that the buyer has a "good" ship to fight the big bad ship and visa versa.
This is one of the few "trow-it-in-so-that-the-kids-have-something-to-play-with" speeders I really like. I think t has an elegant design that makes it stand out in it's class.
Here's from another view with a minifig:
Warp Stinger:
So, over to the titular Warp Stinger;
Back view:
I must say that I'm really surprised by this set, I like it more than I thought I would. I really like the colours and the design.
The only moving parts in theis set are the "wings" and the cockpit windows. And the cannon. The rest of the body is static, which was a dissappointment. The blue cucoon-pod-thingy is detatchable.
My least favourite part of thes set are the "arms" that are holding the spacecraft still. They just look plain ugly.
Closeup of cockpit, with insectoid seated:
I really like how the managed the "head" of the creature, thought it would be cooler if the whole cockpit was consealed.
One little nice touch was a place to place the insectoids weapon on the outside of the ship.
Closeup of the cannon:
New, Cool, and Exciting Parts.
The set came with a few new and cool parts:
I especially like the new Halo.inspired energy blade. As previously mentioned, the new heads and the wings are also stunning.
I must also give special mntion the the new "cucoon."
Gonna use this alot.
Overall Rating:
Minifigs: 9/10: Stunning new molds. Only thing that drags the rating down is the jetpack.
Parts: 8/10: Alot of new and cool parts that can be used elsewhere.
Design: 6/10 A little clunky, but with some nice and smart design choices.
Price: 7/10 A little high for so few parts.
Final Verdict: 7,5/10
Not a must-buy, but it has it's charms.

Hello guys
I'd like to present you my newest cuusoo project - Galaxy Command
http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/31711
It's a fantastic new space saga inspired by the Galaxy Patrol minifigure.
We have created a few sets already, but make sure to read the story as it is a fundamental part of the project.
Here are the sets so far:
THE GRYPHON CARRIER
THE RAVEN HELICOPTER
THE VOID FIGHTER
THE H.U.N. - DESTROYER (miniset)
There are also more pictures of other sets and of the charachters in this flickr link
http://www.flickr.co...sto/8226449329/
Check it out!
Please come visit Galaxy Command and lend us your support. All together we might bring this to everybody in reality. We only need 10.000 supporters. Spread the word and let Galaxy Command go viral.
Many thanks
Cheers